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Features and admins

By Ral315, 6 March 2006

Administrators

Administrator status was given to ten users this week: Raven4x4x (nom), Paolo Liberatore (nom), Bobet (nom), Rspeer (nom), DakotaKahn (nom), AYArktos (nom), Kingboyk (nom), R.Koot (nom), Ian13 (nom), and Bobo192 (nom).

Featured content

Nine articles were promoted to featured status this week: Western Front (World War I), Donkey Kong (arcade game), Chew Valley Lake, New Radicals, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Second Malaysia Plan, Salsa music, Antarctica, and Thomas Pynchon.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the main page as Today's featured article: Washington gubernatorial election, 2004, Edward Teller, Paul Kane, Zion National Park, Triumph of the Will, Central processing unit, and This Charming Man.

Two former featured articles lost their status this week: Auto rickshaw and 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Three lists reached featured list status this week: List of Canadian provinces and territories by population, Timeline of first orbital launches by nationality, and List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries.

The latest portal to reach featured status is Portal:Tropical cyclones.

Three pictures reached featured picture status this week:


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