Five editors weregrantedadmin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week:SilkTork (nom),Thehelpfulone (nom),Jclemens (nom),Ruslik0 (nom), andSeddon (nom).
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Nine articles were promoted tofeatured status this week:Kannada literature in the Western Chalukya Empire (nom),Myst V: End of Ages (nom),Mozart family Grand Tour (nom),SS Montanan (nom),Caspar David Friedrich (nom),Battle of Lipantitlán (nom),Herbert Greenfield (nom),Richard Williams (RAAF officer) (nom), andWorld Science Festival (nom).
Eighteenlists were promoted to featured status this week:List of Governors of Arizona (nom),List of premiers of Manitoba (nom),List of premiers of New Brunswick (nom),Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror (nom),List of Santa Clara VTA Light Rail stations (nom),List of Houston Rockets head coaches (nom),Natacha Atlas discography (nom),List of awards and nominations received by Rufus Wainwright (nom),List of Washington Nationals managers (nom),List of awards and nominations received by Chris Brown (nom),List of moons (nom),List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador (nom),List of Portland Trail Blazers head coaches (nom),List of Knight's Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service (nom),List of WCW World Tag Team Champions (nom),Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best novel (nom),List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2006 (nom), andList of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead (nom).
Notopics orportals were promoted to featured status this week.
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week asToday's featured article:David I of Scotland,1956 FA Cup Final,Harvey Milk,Pulmonary contusion,Angus Lewis Macdonald,Anglo-Zanzibar War, andRosetta@home.
Noarticles ortopics were delisted this week.
Twoformerly featured lists were delisted this week:List of countries (nom) andCZW World Heavyweight Championship (nom).
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week aspicture of the day:Eastern Imperial Eagle,Trinity nuclear test,Bogong High Plains,Nelumbo nucifera,Anthophora,Louis Brandeis, andF-4 Phantom II.
Nosounds were featured this week.
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