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Approved this week

Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Tcncv (nom), MLauba (nom) and The Earwig (nom).

Seven articles were promoted to featured status this week: Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760) (nom), 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident (nom), Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (nom), Urse d'Abetot (nom), Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (nom), Nikita Zotov (nom) and Icelandic horse (nom).

No lists were promoted to featured status this week.

No topics were promoted to featured status this week.

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: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, War of the Fifth Coalition, Fight Club, The Swimming Hole, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Ruff.

Two articles were delisted this week: Introduction to evolution (nom) and "Weird Al" Yankovic (nom).

Two lists were delisted this week: James Blunt discography (nom) and List of Dream Theater band members (nom).

Four topics were delisted this week: Seasons of Bleach (nom), Seasons of Lost (nom), Seasons of The Office (nom) and Kingdom Hearts (nom).

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: the White House, Watsons Bay, New South Wales, 1890 Dam Square, Oscar Wilde, Stag beetle and Peruvian Lily.

One featured sound was promoted this week:

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.

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  Pholiota malicola
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  Tremella mesenterica
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  Marasmius elegans
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  Synagogue open for 24 hours on D-Day for prayer.
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  Korean sedan
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  Indian Palm Squirrel
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  WWI poster by Adolphe Willette
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  Hamatsa shaman
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  Australia
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  Admiralty Extension
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  Wakehurst Place Mansion at Wakehurst Place Garden
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  Menemerus sp.
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  Poster parodying I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier
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  Yumedono (Hall of Dreams)
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  Morning glory
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  San Francisco fog
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  Frontispiece to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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  Amanita caesarea
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  The burning of Columbia
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  Panorama of 1867 Beirut
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  Effects of Hurricane Charley

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