Seven users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Melburnian (nom), carlossuarez46 (nom), ST47 (nom), DerHexer (nom), Philippe (nom), Stephan Schulz (nom) and MoRsE (nom)

Two bots bot tasks were approved to begin operating or begin performing a new task this week: EchoBot (task request) and Android Mouse Bot (task request).

Nine articles were promoted to featured status last week: Beagle (nom), Bernard Quatermass (nom), House with Chimaeras (nom), Siege of Malakand (nom), Zhou Tong (archer) (nom), Ronald Niel Stuart (nom), Chad (nom), Structural history of the Roman military (nom) and Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) (nom).

One article was de-featured last week: Spring Heeled Jack (nom)

Five lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of polio survivors (nom), List of counties in Rhode Island (nom), Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture (nom), Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (nom) and Wilco discography (nom).

No portals, topics or sounds were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Pierre Rossier, Cameroon, Fighting in ice hockey, Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Domenico Selvo, and Cyclol.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Earth's atmosphere, An example of homeomorphism, Horse anatomy, Plastic utensils with photoelasticity, Sather Tower, King Kelly, and A diagram of osmotic pressure on blood cells.

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

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  Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
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  Holoplatys
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  Sitting Bull
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  Lightning strike
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  What Mars might look like at various stages while being terraformed
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  Iberian Peninsula
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  Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
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  Michele Merkin
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  Panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wisconsin