Jpgordon (talk) was grantedcheckuser rights on 19 January, 2007. Jpgordon becomes the firstArbitration Committee member elected at the recentDecember 2006 elections to be given theuser right since assuming their position on 1 January, 2007.UninvitedCompany (talk), also appointed at the December 2006 elections, received checkuser on 23 March, 2006; UninvitedCompany had previously served the Arbitration Committee for one month in early 2004.
Six users weregrantedadmin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week:Night Gyr (nom),Isotope23 (nom),TSO1D (nom),FT2 (nom),BradBeattie (nom), andNewyorkbrad (nom). Newyorkbrad's RfA became the third most supported RfA in Wikipedia history, with 225 people supporting.
Ten articles were promoted tofeatured status last week:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film),Metal Gear Solid,Slayer,AC/DC,All Blacks,Charles Edward Magoon,The Cat and the Canary (1927 film),Mary Wollstonecraft,B-17 Flying Fortress, andFlag of Armenia.
Ten articles were alsode-featured last week:Cladistics,Octopus card,Carlsbad Caverns National Park,Libertarianism,Diego Velázquez,Tynwald Day,Shakers,Olympic Games,Ryanair, andConvair B-36.
Fourlists were promoted to featured status last week:List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame,Administrative divisions of Adygea,Canadian federal election results since 1867, andOntario premiers.
Oneportal was promoted tofeatured status last week:European Union
The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page asToday's featured article:Halloween,Sheffield Wednesday F.C.,Restoration literature,El Greco,Bacteria,Music of the Lesser Antilles, andIndian Standard Time.
The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page aspicture of the day:Plum,Common Raccoon,Western Gull,Huntsman spider,Pi,House Sparrow, andSnow.
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