Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Crum375 (nom), ProveIt (nom), Marskell (nom), Irishguy (nom), TimVickers (nom), James086 (nom) and Anetode (nom).

Twenty-seven articles were promoted to featured status last week: Pashtun people (nom), RNA interference (nom), Hurricane Isabel (nom), West Indian cricket team in England in 1988 (nom), Anton Chekhov (nom), Act of Independence of Lithuania (nom), The Turk (nom), David I of Scotland (nom), Houston, Texas (nom), El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda (nom), Peter Jennings (nom), Cannibal Holocaust (nom), Cricket World Cup (nom), Anna Laetitia Barbauld (nom), GameFAQs (nom), Nathu La (nom), Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma (nom), Intelligent design (nom), Ellis Paul (nom), Mourning Dove (nom), Nagorno-Karabakh War (nom), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (nom), Banksia epica (nom), Jupiter (nom), Red Barn Murder (nom), Mini Moke (nom) and George I of Greece (nom).

Three articles were de-featured last week: Carl Sagan, Battle of the Somme and Fanny Blankers-Koen.

One list was promoted to featured status last week: List of important operas.

One sound was promoted to featured status last week: Advertising Record^ⓘ.

No topics were promoted to featured status last week.

No portals were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Mary Wollstonecraft, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Shadow of the Colossus, Ahmedabad, Oriel College, Enta Da Stage and Sviatoslav I of Kiev.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: F-15D Eagle, Battle of the Somme, Radomes, House Sparrow, Hopi Chipmunk, Ferrofluid and Lemon.

Four pictures were promoted to featured status last week:

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  Zabriskie Point
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  NGC 602
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  'Scenic Railway' Rollercoaster

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  US Army Aviator