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Features and admins

Approved this week

Administrators

Five editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Chamal N (nom), NuclearWarfare (nom), Sky Harbor (nom), Maedin (nom) and Beeblebrox (nom).

Two articles were promoted to featured status this week: Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (nom) and Nicolo Giraud (nom).

Fourteen lists were promoted to featured status this week: CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship (nom), Michael Jackson videography (nom), Lostprophets discography (nom), List of Chicago Cubs managers (nom), List of Dexter episodes (nom), List of tallest buildings in Mobile (nom), List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Canada (1977–present) (nom), List of Last Exile episodes (nom), List of The Legend of Zelda media (nom), List of tallest buildings in Bucharest (nom), 2007 NBA Draft (nom), List of Denver Broncos first-round draft picks (nom), CMLL World Women's Championship (nom) and List of Gold Glove Award winners at pitcher (nom).

One topic was promoted to featured status this week: True Blue (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Atmosphere of Jupiter, Natalie Clifford Barney, Alice in Chains, Samlesbury witches, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Harriet Bosse and Oxygen toxicity.

No articles were delisted this week.

Five lists were delisted this week: List of awards and nominations received by Gwen Stefani (nom), List of Vancouver Canucks captains (nom), List of Desperate Housewives episodes (nom), List of Portuguese monarchs (nom) and List of Teen Titans episodes (nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Liberation of Paris, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, White-faced Heron, NGC 2207 and IC 2163, Gazania rigens and Pamukkale.

Two featured sounds were promoted this week:

Himmler - Posen speech(nom)
1890 – "America", read by Walt Whitman(nom)

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Seven pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.