Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-09-28/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).
Featured pages
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.
Former featured pages
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.
Featured media
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:
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| Pietro Frosini - New York Blues | (nom) |
| [[:File:|Qaumi Tarana Instrumental]] | (nom) |
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| Vittorio Monti – Csárdás | (nom) |
Giuseppe Cambini - Trois Quintetti Concertans
No. 1 in Bb major
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| I. Allegro maestoso |
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| II. Larghetto cantabile |
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| III. Rondo Allegretto grazioso |
No. 2 in D minor
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| I. Allegro espressivo |
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| II. Larghetto sostenuto ma con moto |
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| III. Presto ma non tanto |
No. 3 in F major
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| I. Allegro maestoso |
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| II. Larghetto sostenuto |
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| 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.
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View from Mount Ellinor
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