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A panoramic photograph with an amphitheater surrounded by a castle wall in center. The dull colors are interrupted by green trees and beyond the walls are white houses with red tiled roofs and a blue ocean.
Scroll across to see the new featured picture: User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim's panoramic shot of the Old Fort of Zanzibar and the Stone town in Tanzania, East Africa, shot from the House of Wonders, the tallest building in the vicinity.
Interactive large-image-viewer (non-Flash)


This week's "Features and admins" covers Saturday 19 – Friday 25 February

New administrators

The Signpost welcomes The Bushranger (nom), from the US, as our newest admin. He is an active member of the MilHist and Aircraft WikiProjects, participates in the battleships project WP:OMT, and has many DYKs under his belt. He has expertise in templates and categories.

At the time of publication there are three live RfAs: Boing! said Zebedee, Kudpung, and Neelix, due to finish on 1, 2 and 3 March, respectively.

Arial photograph of an L-shaped concrete hydro-electric dam set against road swerving in a green landscape. The center of the damn is colored white as water rushes down the spillway.
Grand Coulee dam in Washington State, constructed between 1933 and 1942
An old black and white photograph with a crowd on the end of embankment for a steel bridge which recedes into the hilly background spanning the river. On one side the bridge are tracks with a steam locomotive. On the other side is occupied horse drawn wagons.
From the new featured article Empire of Brazil, a multiracial gathering at the inauguration of a railway bridge near Rio de Janeiro, c. 1888
A poster titled "Prosperity: At Home, Prestige Abroad". A man with top hat in hand and holds a man sized American flag stands atop gold coin "Sound Money", support held by men of many classes. In the background are ships "Commerce" and factories "Civilization".
New featured picture: a poster for William McKinley's 1900 presidential campaign, in which he symbolically stands on the gold standard, supported by soldiers, businessmen, farmers and professionals
A computer generated image of a rubber bulb attached to a circular metallic mount
New featured picture: computer-aided design using the advanced program Cobalt: here, the image of a coffee espresso tamper was based on a 3D solid model.

Eight articles were promoted to featured status:

Seven lists were promoted:

Two featured lists were delisted:

Six images were promoted. Medium-sized images can be viewed by clicking on "nom":

Seven featured sounds were promoted.

A photograph of a bird perched on a branch. Its ash colored features uncannily resembles tree bark.
New featured picture: a piece of tree bark? No, a Tawny Frogmouth in "cryptic" pose—when threatened, it will stay perfectly still with eyes almost shut and bill pointed straight, relying on camouflage for protection.

Information about new admins at the top is drawn from their user pages and RfA texts, and occasionally from what they tell us directly.

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  • Why is this feature called "Best of the Week" when it includes new admins? Passing an RFA does not mean the admin is necessarily a great editor, or even the "best". The subheadline needs to be changed to something a little more appropriate. AD 22:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Best of the week refers to the practice, not seen this week but usually seen in this section, of asking an outside editor to pick their favorite of the newly promoted articles or pictures as the 'best of the week'. I don't think it has anything to do with the admins. Sven Manguard Wha? 08:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • What an awesome variety of featured content this week! Reading this always makes me feel proud of Wikipedia. -- œ 06:25, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Agreed. Also kudos for discovering and utilizing the ability to put images into the featured sounds. I had no idea that was possible, (I really need to look at template documentation pages more often.) Sven Manguard Wha? 08:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]



       

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