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Features and admins

Approved this week

Administrators

Four editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: The ed17 (nom), Bob the Wikipedian (nom), OlEnglish (nom) and Mjroots (nom).

Fourteen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (nom), Leopold Report (nom), The Dark Side of the Moon (nom), Henry Wells (general) (nom), Crown Fountain (nom), Alice Ayres (nom), Hermann Detzner (nom), SMS Hindenburg (nom), ToeJam & Earl (nom), Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford (nom), Badnjak (nom), Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (nom), Adelaide Anne Procter (nom) and Ghosts I–IV (nom).

Seven lists were promoted to featured status this week: Lang Lang discography (nom), List of counties in New Jersey (nom), Lily Allen discography (nom), Grade I listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset (nom), League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award (nom), Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award (nom) and Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year (nom).

One topic was promoted to featured status this week: Virginia Tech Hokies bowl games (nom).

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article this week: Cyclone Orson, Ross Sea party, Italian War of 1542–1546, The World Ends with You, Boy Scouts of America membership controversies, Yukon Quest and Imagination.

Two articles were delisted this week: The KLF (nom) and Parapsychology (nom).

One list was delisted this week: List of micronations (nom).

No topics were delisted this week.

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: Magpie flower, Snell's law, Knight, Hoddle Grid, Calediona, New York, Charon from the Divine Comedy and Gabions.

Twelve featured sounds were promoted this week:

Pietro Frosini - New York Blues(nom)
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[[:File:|Qaumi Tarana Instrumental]](nom)
Vittorio Monti – Csárdás(nom)

Giuseppe Cambini - Trois Quintetti Concertans

No. 1 in Bb major

I. Allegro maestoso
II. Larghetto cantabile
III. Rondo Allegretto grazioso

No. 2 in D minor

I. Allegro espressivo
II. Larghetto sostenuto ma con moto
III. Presto ma non tanto

No. 3 in F major

I. Allegro maestoso
II. Larghetto sostenuto
III. Rondo Allegro con brio

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

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