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Approved this week

Two editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Tinucherian (nom) and Materialscientist (nom).

Eight articles were promoted to featured status this week: Remain in Light (nom), Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man) (nom), What'd I Say (nom), Z. Marcas (nom), Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (nom), Amagi class battlecruiser (nom), We Are the World (nom) and Gray's Inn (nom).

Fourteen lists were promoted to featured status this week: List of University of Central Florida alumni (nom), Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame (nom), 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (nom), Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award (nom), Pink discography (nom), List of places of worship in Adur (nom), List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners (nom), List of Oklahoma Sooners football seasons (nom), List of counties in Missouri (nom), List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas (nom), List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples (nom), Premier League Player of the Month (nom), Territorial pick (nom) and List of recessions in the United States (nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status this week: No Doubt albums (nom) and Bloc Party albums (nom).

Three portals were promoted to featured status this week: Portal:Baseball (nom), Portal:United States Air Force (nom) and Portal:Horses (nom).

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page as Today's featured article this week: James Bowie, Synthetic diamond, Mary Toft, Bert Trautmann, Scattered disc, Jackie Robinson, Helgoland class battleship and AC/DC.

Four articles were delisted this week: Manos: The Hands of Fate (nom), Oroonoko (nom), Virginia Tech massacre (nom) and Warsaw Uprising (1794) (nom).

No lists were delisted this week.

Two topics were delisted this week: Devil May Cry titles (nom) and Video game consoles (seventh generation) (nom).

The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page as picture of the day this week: Orange, Dante's Inferno, Superb Fairywren, 14th century Portolan chart, Strickland Falls Islamic calligraphy, Kyūdō and Houseflies.

Two featured sounds were promoted this week:

Three featured pictures were demoted this week: Blood values by mass (nom), Sunset with funnel clouds (nom) and Seagull on pier (nom)

Fourteen pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.

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  1639 nautical chart of Zwaanedael
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  Mignon Nevada
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  Concretions on Bowling Ball Beach, California
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  Sketch from the United States Exploring Expedition
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  An impressionist sketch of "The Raven", along with the next three images
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  Helen Keller
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  Common Blackbird
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  Marken, Netherlands
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  Carpenter ant
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  Sketch of Vauxhall Gardens
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  Sketch of Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

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26 October 2009 (all comments)

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