Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Gazimoff (nom), and Peripitus (nom).
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Diligent Terrier Bot (task request)
Sixteen articles were promoted to featured status this week:
Twenty-two lists were promoted to featured status last week:
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Two portals were promoted to featured status this week: Portal:California (nom) and Portal:Mars (nom).
The following featured articles were displayed this week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Joseph Francis Shea, Nuthatch, The Wiggles, Roy Welensky, BioShock, Anna May Wong, and Holden.
Two articles were delisted this week: Paragraph 175 (nom) and Jerusalem (nom).
One lists was delisted this week: List of X-Men episodes (nom).
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The following featured pictures (and film) were displayed this week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Malcolm X, Patchwork quilt, Yellow coneflowers, a film of tanks in World War I, JetBlue Airways Flight 292, and Bufflehead.
One sound was featured this week: Eisenhower farewell address (nom).
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Just wanted to say - I like the new arrangement of articles on this page (in a list, instead of in a continuous sentence). It makes it much easier to read and navigate between them. Good job! Terraxos (talk) 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]